Amid a worsening flu outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, the U.S. Air Force, Army and Navy are once again requiring new recruits to get vaccinated against the influenza virus, according to ABC News. The move comes two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth rescinded the U.S. military’s mandate that they do so....Read more

LOS ANGELES — The top strategist for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' reelection bid has left her campaign, just as she is gearing up for a bruising showdown against City Council member Nithya Raman in the Nov. 3 runoff.

Douglas Herman, who has worked with Bass since 2021, told the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday that he stepped down from the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The sentencing of Vance Boelter, who recently pleaded guilty to the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their families last year in a shocking act of political violence, has been set for July 23 in Minneapolis.

Boelter, 58, faces two consecutive life sentences along with several more years in federal prison as part of a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s executive order requiring major changes to the way Americans vote suffered another courtroom defeat, this time in a suit brought by Democratic state attorneys general who disputed the government’s claims of widespread voter fraud.

Chief U.S. District Judge Denise Casper in Boston on Wednesday issued a...Read more

CHICAGO — The next round of tickets for the museum at the Obama Presidential Center go on sale to the public on July 8, for admission to the museum from September through January 2027.

According to an announcement from the Obama Foundation, a presale for Founding Members will begin July 1. (Tickets are $30, with discounts and select Tuesday ...Read more

NEW YORK — The NYPD and the FBI executed search warrants at the homes of several former and current high-ranking NYPD officers early Wednesday as part of an ongoing bribery probe, the Daily News has learned.

Former NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey and former NYPD Deputy Commissioner Tarik Sheppard were among those visited by a joint ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Republicans on Wednesday overrode a series of Gov. Josh Stein’s vetoes on diversity, equity and inclusion practices and immigration enforcement.

The bills, which broadly ban DEI in schools and government and require further cooperation with ICE, were already overridden by the Senate, so they now become law.

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NEW YORK — Protesters rallied Wednesday outside a Brooklyn cafe that banned Rep. Dan Goldman over his support for Israel.

A couple of dozen people turned out for the demonstration organized by an antisemitism watchdog group that accuses management of Poetica Coffee of discrimination over a now-deleted social media post vowing not to serve ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A fire that has burned at a Boyle Heights warehouse for more than a week is nearly out, after crews managed to extinguish flames on the roof overnight, Los Angeles Fire Department officials said Wednesday.

Water-dropping helicopters are no longer needed to knock down flames on the roof of the nearly 500,000-square-foot cold ...Read more

CHICAGO — A hearing on reversing Chicago’s legalization of video gambling terminals ended abruptly Wednesday after protests from opponents of Mayor Brandon Johnson escalated into a call for a commissioner to resign.

The Workforce Development Committee met to debate an ordinance being pushed by the mayor to authorize an agreement with Bally�...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — In a precedential decision, the North Carolina Board of Elections voted Wednesday to censure Wake County election board members Greg Cohen and Jerry Flynn for counting ballots cast by voters who died after voting.

Democratic board members Jeff Carmon and Siobhan O’Duffy Millen repeatedly emphasized that the law is ambiguous ...Read more

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s cross-country travels are catching national attention.

While many take advantage of June for summer vacation, Beshear is using the start of the season to bolster Democratic candidates ahead of the midterm elections. As chair of the Democratic Governors Association, he is leading the fight for Democrats to win ...Read more

SEATTLE — One of six Seattle police officers who attended the Jan. 6, 2021, “Stop the Steal” rally at the U.S. Capitol has sued the city, alleging officials targeted him with an internal investigation over a minor traffic collision due to his participation in the pro-Donald Trump event.

The lawsuit alleges the office of police ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Republicans want to completely eliminate property taxes.

Republican delegates this month approved an updated platform that calls property taxes unjust, and proposes getting rid of them and replacing the funding stream with another source.

The platform change came during the GOP state convention, a gathering every two ...Read more

Years into multiple investigations of the so-called Havana syndrome, a definitive answer remains elusive after the recently departed director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, retracted two intelligence assessments that concluded no foreign power was behind it.​

In a memo sent to Congress before leaving office last week, Gabbard said ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Supreme Court has declined to hear a case against UNC-Chapel Hill from an advocacy group seeking records the group said could shed light on the origins of COVID-19. The decision is likely the final word in a high-profile public records dispute dating back to 2020.

Carolina Journal first reported this story. ...Read more

The largest earthquake in California in more than three years shook a rural part of southern Mendocino County and caused some injuries Wednesday morning along with power outages and disruption near Ukiah and Willits.

The magnitude 5.6 quake was centered about seven miles north of the small community of Redwood Valley in Mendocino County between...Read more

It happened before the break of dawn.

On June 24, 2021 — while many residents were asleep — the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida, began to crumble.

It’s taken half a decade for federal officials to come forward with an explanation for what caused the disaster. They pointed to a shoddy building design and corroding ...Read more

Unintentional injuries kill more than 7,000 children ages 1-19 in the U.S. each year – close to 20 deaths per day. Injuries are the leading cause of child death, and these injuries are often preventable.

Prevention takes many forms. Government policy helps tremendously. As an example, regulations requiring carbon monoxide detectors ...Read more